I'm doing a book report for my health class on eating disorders and I have to cover all of them. The only one I can't find any info on is girls who take laxatives to lose weight. How does that work?
2006-11-01 14:09:54 · 3 answers · asked by neve_freak2001 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Laxatives dehydrate the body by pulling extra water from the tissue to soften the stool. Basicly they get diarrhea and lose water weight. This is not safe and can even be deadly. Sounds to me like anorexia to me. There is also bulimia. This is where someone eats and then vomits it up to keep from gaining weight.
2006-11-01 14:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out the following website. They seem to give alot of information and also some myths and facts.
http://www.gurze.com/client/client_pages/laxativeabuse.cfm
2006-11-01 22:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Debra M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are usually doing other stuff like binging
2006-11-01 22:13:43 · answer #3 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋